Spherical robots for special purposes: a review on current possibilities

M Bujňák, R Pirník, K Rástočný, A Janota, D Nemec… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review discusses the possibilities of different driving mechanisms and sensors of
spherical robots, and a special kind of mobile robots is introduced and discussed. The …

Mobility and motion modelling of pendulum-driven ball-robots: decoupled models for steering and obstacle crossing

T Ylikorpi - 2017 - aaltodoc.aalto.fi
During the last two decades, mobile ball-shaped robots have gained an increasing interest
among researchers, mathematicians, robot engineers, and public. Ball-robot provides an …

A Finite Element Approach to Enhance Aquatic Traction for Amphibious Spherical Robot

W Sun, M Chen, S Zhan, G Zhang… - 2017 IEEE 7th Annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper reports the possibility to extend the functionality of a land spherical robot such
that it can also be freely movable while floating on water. To compromise for both …